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Title	Herbert Halpert (interview)
Description	This interview is included in the Indiana University Folklore Institute, 1987 Collection at the Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory. In this interview, Herbert Halpert, professor emeritus from the Folklore Department at Memorial University of Newfoundland, speaks of his development as a folklorist and his time at the Indiana University Folklore Institute. Professor Halpert's first experiences with folklore involved singing and collecting folksongs for the Works Progress Administration. He also collected other genres of folklore as well, specifically from the Pineys in New Jersey, from whom he collected both songs and narratives. He came to Indiana University to study under Stith Thompson, who was just getting the Folklore Institute underway. Halpert discusses his relationship with Thompson and his impressions of his impact on the field of folklore and the development of the Institute. Prof. Halpert also comments on his relationship with Richard Dorson. He also touches upon his career path, which finally led him to the Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada. This collection is part of the Indiana University Folklore Institute, 1987 collection which is available at the Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory. It consists of: 43 pages, 2 cassettes (1 7/8 ips, 80 minutes), with no index. This collection is closed until 2015 except to authorized project personnel. The IU Folklore Institute, 1987 collection deals with the beginning, the building, and the growth of the Indiana University (IU) Folklore Institute into an internationally recognized program. The interviewees are mostly students and/or faculty of the folklore program from the 1940s to the 1980s. They discuss those who most influenced and impacted the institute, namely Stith Thompson and Richard M. Dorson. They share their memories and experiences of the time they spent, or continue to spend, in the IU Folklore Institute.
Interviewee	Halpert, Herbert, 1911-2000;
Folklorist's Area of Focus	Newfoundland folklore
Where the folklorist taught	Memorial University of Newfoundland
Interviewer	Harrah-Conforth, Jeanne, 1954-
Other Contributors	Harrah-Johnson, Jeanne, 1954-;
Subject (LCSH)	American Folklore Society Hoosier Folklore Bulletin Indiana University Folklore Summer Institute Memorial University of Newfoundland Works Progress Administration Professor Dorson, Richard M. (Richard Mercer), 1916-1981 Hand, Wayland D. (Wayland Debs), 1907-1986 Jansen, William Hugh Thompson, Stith, 1885-1976 Barnicle, Mary Elizabeth, 1891-1978 Herzog, George, 1901-1983 James, Thelma, 1924-1989 Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002
Subject Keywords	American folk narrative Child ballads Contextual method Cultural anthropology Dr. Faustus Fieldwork Folksong Native American folk narrative Pineys Sea shanties
Genre	Interviews Transcripts Sound recordings Oral histories
Publisher	Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory;
Original Date	October 18, 1985
Geographic Location of Interview	Indiana University, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/4259408/
Geographic Locations discussed	New Jersey Newfoundland and Labrador Bloomington (Ind.) Indiana University Memorial University of Newfoundland
Time periods covered	20th century 1980-1989
Language	eng
Where can I find the original?	This collection is available at the Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory under the call number 87-006. Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. ;
Access	Not available online - held remotely at Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory
Source URL	Original interview: http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/findingaids/view?brand=general&docId=ohrc070&chunk.id=d1e1886&startDoc=1 . This item is only available in a cassette audio format or a paper transcript. It is currently not available in digital format.
Physical Collection Information	IU Folklore Institute, 1987
This collection is part of the	Indiana University Folklore Institute, 1987 Collection, available at the Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory
Rights	Copies of transcript pages are available only when such copies are permitted by the deed of gift signed by the interviewee. Scholars must honor any restrictions the interviewee placed on the use of an interview. Since some of our earlier (pre-computer) transcripts do not yet exist in final form, any editing marks in a transcript (deletions, additions, corrections) are to be quoted as marked. Tapes may not be copied for patrons unless the deed of gift permits it. Because our interviewees edit their transcripts, the transcript (if one exists) is the only version of the interview that may be quoted for publication. Interviews may not be reproduced in full for any public use, but excerpted quotes may be used as long as scholars fully cite any Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory data in their research, including accession number, interview date, interviewee's and interviewer's names, and page(s). Please see http://www.indiana.edu/~cshm/copycost.html for more details.
Digital History Collection	Collecting Memories - Oral Histories of American Folklorists
Type	Text Sound Image StillImage
Format	image/jpeg
Search Date	1985-10-18
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Checksum	3045718801
File Size	15558 Bytes
Color Space	RGB
Height	390
Width	512
Scanning resolution	600

Herbert Halpert (interview)

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